OkCupid Asks Firefox Users to Use Another Browser in Gay-Rights Protest

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The popular online-dating website wants its users to avoid using Mozilla in light of the company's new CEO's 2008 donation in support of Proposition 8 in California
OkCupid is urging Mozilla Firefox users not to use the browser out of protest over Mozilla’s new CEO, whom OkCupid called an “opponent of gay rights.”

Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, who was hired on March 24, has faced scrutiny for having made a $1,000 donation in 2008 in support of California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in the state. OkCupid prompted visitors to use alternative browsers in a letter that appeared only to Firefox users on OkCupid’s site on Monday.

“We’ve devoted the last 10 years to bring people — all people — together,” OkCupid’s letter reads. “If individuals like Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring together would be illegal.”

A representative of Mozilla denounced the protest in an emailed statement to TIME. “Mozilla supports equality for all, including marriage equality for LGBT couples. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves the same rights and to be treated equally,” the statement read. “OkCupid never reached out to us to let us know of their intentions, nor to confirm facts. “
 

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It's like the whole "IObit stole from Malwarebytes" scenario, it happened years ago. Get over it.
Good point, Huracan!

Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla CEO after anti-gay flap
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...s-mozilla-ceo-anti-gay-flap-article-1.1744765

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"Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech,” Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker wrote in a blog post Thursday announcing the move. “Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.”

Eich’s support of the ban was made public two years ago when he served as the company chief technology officer. But the promotion late last month led half of the Mozilla Foundation’s board members to quit and angered thousands of employees and people in Silicon Valley’s Mountain View community, many of whom weighed in on social media.
 
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